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rocket igniter

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rocket igniter [′räk·ət ig‚nīd·ər]
(aerospace engineering)
An igniter for the propellant in a rocket.


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that brought him to the attention of Bendix, to the rocket igniter he designed for the Lunar Excursion Module, to a concept for a one million-Watt laser for the Strategic Defense Initiative (among others), Kasrner-a confessed "gear head" with a degree in physics-has been busy inventing.
Bindra and two teammates had spent long hours in his basement creating a machine that, when a quarter was dropped into it, was supposed to activate a battery that pushed a candle-lit toy car forward, eventually dropping a metal ball to funnel through a wooden maze and inflame a rocket igniter.
Time was short, so the reporters and producers rigged a couple of rocket igniters under the truck.
 
 
 
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